Jack London
John Griffith Chaney
American
American author, 1900c
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1876/01/12 | Born | Born | |||||
| 1886/00/00 | Around 1886, Jack London begins studying and hanging out at Heinold's First and Last Chance Saloon. | Literary Connection | Heinold's First and Last Chance Saloon | Oakland | |||
| 1894/06/28 | Jack London is arrested in Niagara Falls, NY for being a tramp. | Incarcerated | The Road | Niagara Falls, NY | New York | ||
| 1894/06/28 | At his trial, Jack is unable to enter a plea because he is forbidden to speak. Tried without a jury or a lawyer, London is sentenced to 30 days in jail and transferred to prison. | Incarcerated | The Road | County and City Hall | Buffalo, NY | ||
| 1897/08/00 | Jack London and his party of Klondikers port 2 tonnes of supplies over the Chilkoot Summit in late August to Lake Lindeman. They constructed a boat, the YUKON BELLE, and sailed down Lindeman Lake to Bennett Lake. | Adventurer | Chilkoot Trail | Skagway | |||
| 1898/05/00 | With a severe case of scurvy, London sails down thew Yukon to Dawson for medical attention. He gave up his gold mining and left the Yukon within a month. | Health | Dawson Historical Complex National Historic Site of Canada | Dawson | |||
| 1902/00/00 | The Cruise of the Dazzler - published | Author | The Cruise of the Dazzler | ||||
| 1902/00/00 | "To Build a Fire (1902)" by Jack London is published. | Author | To Build a Fire (1902 short story) | ||||
| 1903/00/00 | "Call of the Wild" is published. | Author | Call of the Wild (book) | ||||
| 1903/00/00 | The People of the Abyss - published | Author | The People of the Abyss | ||||
| 1904/00/00 | The Sea Wolf - published | Author | The Sea Wolf | ||||
| 1906/00/00 | "White Fang" is published. | Author | White Fang | ||||
| 1906/04/18 | 5:15 AM Jack and Charmian London are routed out of bed at their Glen Ellen ranch | Journalist | Jack London State Historical Park | Glen Ellen | Great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake | ||
| 1906/05/00 | Jack London reports on the San Francisco earthquake for Collier's Weekly | Journalist | Great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake | ||||
| 1908/00/00 | "The Iron Heel" is published. | Author | The Iron Heel | ||||
| 1908/00/00 | "To Build a Fire" by Jack London is published. | Author | To Build a Fire (Short Story) | ||||
| 1913/00/00 | The Night-Born - published | Author | The Night-Born | ||||
| 1913/07/00 | The Big House is nearly complete | Owner | Jack London State Historical Park | Glen Ellen | |||
| 1913/09/22 | Leading a crew of his ranch employees Jack London, battles a forest fire along the Sonoma creek. They will divert the blaze with back fires and save Glen Ellen. Mr London will be acclaimed the hero of the day. | Hero | Glen Ellen | California | |||
| 1916/00/00 | Raoul Walsh takes Jack London and Wyatt Earp to diner at Al Levy's Cafe on Main and 3rd St in Downtown LA. While enjoying oyster cocktails, Charlie Chaplin stops by and says to Earp, "You're the bloke from Arizona, aren't you? Tamed the baddies, huh?". | Life | Oyster | ||||
| 1916/11/22 | Jack London dies in the sleeping porch of Winery Cottage | Died | Jack London State Historical Park | Glen Ellen |
53 Creative Works by Jack London »
| Title | Type | Association | Y/M/D | Moniker |
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| Title | Type | Association | Y/M/D | Moniker |
| The Son of the Wolf: Tales of the Far North | Author | Short Story Collection | 1900/00/00 | |
| The God of His Fathers and Other Stories | Author | Short Story Collection | 1901/00/00 | |
| A Daughter of the Snows | Author | Novel | 1902/00/00 | |
| Children of the Frost | Author | Short Story Collection | 1902/00/00 | |
| The Cruise of the Dazzler | Author | Mezzobula | 1902/00/00 | |
| To Build a Fire (1902 short story) | Author | Short Story | 1902/00/00 | |
| Call of the Wild (book) | Author | Novel | 1903/00/00 |
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| The Kempton-Wace Letters | Author | Book | 1903/00/00 | |
| The People of the Abyss | Author | Book | 1903/00/00 | |
| The Faith of Men | Author | Book | 1904/00/00 | |
| The Sea Wolf | Author | Book | 1904/00/00 | |
| Tales of the Fish Patrol | Author | Book | 1905/00/00 | |
| The Game | Author | Book | 1905/00/00 | |
| War of the Classes | Author | Book | 1905/00/00 | |
| Moon-Face and Other Stories | Author | Book | 1906/00/00 | |
| The Scorn of Women | Author | Book | 1906/00/00 | |
| White Fang | Author | Novel | 1906/00/00 |
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| Love of Life and Other Stories | Author | Book | 1907/00/00 | |
| The Road | Author | Book | 1907/00/00 | |
| Before Adam | Author | Book | 1907/00/00 | |
| To Build a Fire (Short Story) | Author | Short Story | 1908/00/00 |
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| The Iron Heel | Author | Book | 1908/00/00 |
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| Martin Eden | Author | Book | 1909/00/00 |
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| Lost Face and Other Stories | Author | Short Story Collection | 1910/00/00 | |
| Revolution and Other Essays | Author | Book | 1910/00/00 | |
| Theft: A Play In Four Acts | Author | Play | 1910/00/00 | |
| Burning Daylight | Author | Book | 1910/00/00 |
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| South Sea Tales | Author | Book | 1911/00/00 | |
| The Cruise of the Snark | Author | Book | 1911/00/00 | |
| When God Laughs and Other Stories | Author | Book | 1911/00/00 | |
| Adventure | Author | Book | 1911/00/00 | |
| The House of Pride and Other Stories | Author | Book | 1912/00/00 | |
| A Son of the Sun | Author | Short Story Collection | 1912/00/00 | |
| Smoke Bellew | Author | Book | 1912/00/00 | |
| The Valley of the Moon | Author | Novel | 1913/00/00 | |
| John Barleycorn | Author | Book | 1913/00/00 | |
| The Abysmal Brute | Author | Book | 1913/00/00 | |
| The Night-Born | Author | Book | 1913/00/00 | |
| The Mutiny of the Elsinore | Author | Book | 1914/00/00 | |
| The Strength of the Strong | Author | Book | 1914/00/00 | |
| The Scarlet Plague | Author | Book | 1915/00/00 | |
| The Star Rover | Author | Book | 1915/00/00 | |
| The Acorn Planter | Author | Book | 1916/00/00 | |
| The Little Lady of the Big House | Author | Novel | 1916/00/00 | |
| The Turtles of Tasman | Author | Book | 1916/00/00 | |
| The Human Drift | Author | Book | 1917/00/00 | |
| Jerry of the Islands | Author | Book | 1917/00/00 | |
| Michael Brother of Jerry | Author | Book | 1917/00/00 | |
| The Red One | Author | Book | 1918/00/00 | |
| Hearts of Three | Author | Book | 1918/00/00 | |
| On the Makaloa Mat | Author | Book | 1919/00/00 | |
| Dutch Courage and Other Stories | Author | Short Story Collection | 1922/00/00 | |
| The Assassination Bureau | Author | Book | 1963/00/00 |
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